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Although heavier than I like in a trail running shoe, I bought them for some upcoming adventure races. This past Sunday I ran a trail 1/2 marathon in inclement weather. Trail was a mix of frozen ruts, sheet ice, rocky single track, and a few creek crossings and boggy areas where the ice was broken through. While everyone else was trying to stay dry, picking their way through, I ran straight through everything. Feet stayed dry, stable, no falls on the ice, no twisted ankles, and they almost cleaned themselves afterward.

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I purchased this product in early November and was very impressed with how comfortable and lightweight these boots are. These boots may not be designed for daily use. I wear them daily in Afghanistan. While my job is an office job, I daily walk through the rocks. The sole of the boots have held up quite well. However, after a couple of months of use, holes started to develop in the cloth on top of the toe box. Generally, I am not hard on shoes or boots and have never had shoes or boots develop holes in this area of my footwear. I may have purchased these boots a half size too large, but I am not sure that would cause holes to develop.

I have had good experience with backcountry (the seller) in the past. However, my experience with them and their lack of concern about selling a defective product has soured my opinion of them as a retailer.

Overall, I am disappointed in paying as much as I did for these boots and them not holding up.

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The 1st generation lasted about 2years at moderate used. By moderate, I meant no running, hiking etc just wore from home to office, office to home, 5 days a week. Pretty happy, so bought this 2nd generation on Dec 26 2012 for $170. I wore approximately no more than 10 times in my apartment to break it in and the lacet storage pull tab teared apart (see pictures). Contacted Amazon on 03/14/2013, graciously and immediately Amazon customer rep respond and send me a new pair in exchanged. For this Amazon is rated No1 online seller in my book. I just receive them today 03/19/2013, after examining the shoes and gently pull on both tabs, the right foot tab already starts to yield and tear at the corner (see pictures and accompanied notes). In my opinion the root cause is Salomon Company cut corners by not reinforcing the pull tab like the 1st generation. Contacted Amazon again today and I am not sure what the outcome will be. In any case, I will look and hope that the 1st generation is still available out there.

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super running / hiking shoe.

previously i had the ultra.

now i have ultra2 sole as well.

perfect fit.

ankle protection.

extremely light for running.

water tight.

very protective on rugged terrain.

on top of all very attractive too.

very fast and efficient shipment.

thanks a lot...

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Broke new pair in on a rainy weekend on the Georgia section of the AT. 4 miles, 1300 ft on Saturday; 5 miles, 1800 ft on Sunday. Went with 1/2 size larger than "street shoe" size. Perfect fit for me. Lots of water/mud on trail...these guys performed as advertised. Was skeptical about one-pull lacing system before buying, but it works great on the trail...big fan now. Keepers for sure!